![]() We found a treasure trove of negatives containing images of the Dockyard. Portsmouth City Archive were contacted by the Royal Armouries team who were looking for photographs of Portsmouth at the time of the Falklands War. They show some of the scenes that played out in 1982 as the ships of the British fleet returned from the Falkland Islands to Portsmouth Dockyard after the war. Later, images of the Dockyard became front page news as huge crowds flocked to welcome the ships and troops back once the war was over. Thousands of Portsmouth dockyard workers rallied to prepare ships that carried British troops to the Falkland Islands. Portsmouth played a significant part in the Falklands War. HMS Intrepid returns to Portsmouth from the Falkland Islands.
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